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Veronica Lee

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Veronica is an award-winning writer and critic who contributes on theatre and comedy to the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Observer and London Evening Standard.

Articles By Veronica Lee

The Steph Show, Channel 4 review - magazine show debuts from host's front room

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 Read more...

Christine and the Queens/Instagram review - musical missives during lockdown

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 Read more...

Michelle Wolf: Joke Show, Netflix review - edgy and original material

Monday, 30 March 2020 Read more...

Mister Winner, BBC2 review - gentle comedy about one of life's losers

Thursday, 26 March 2020 Read more...

Shappi Khorsandi, Soho Theatre On Demand - enjoyable run-through of her career

Monday, 23 March 2020 Read more...

Steve Martin and Martin Short, SSE Hydro Glasgow review - old friends bring a touch of vaudeville

Tuesday, 10 March 2020 Read more...

Tom Rosenthal, The Hawth, Crawley review - circumcision made funny

Monday, 09 March 2020 Read more...

John Shuttleworth, Leicester Square Theatre review - reflections on life in the slow lane

Friday, 06 March 2020 Read more...

The Trouble With Maggie Cole, ITV review - Dawn French stars in new comedy drama

Thursday, 05 March 2020 Read more...

United Queendom, Kensington Palace review - rollicking royal tale

Tuesday, 03 March 2020 Read more...

Lucy Porter, Quarterhouse, Folkestone review - confessions of an ex-Brownie

Monday, 02 March 2020 Read more...

Ahir Shah, West End Centre, Aldershot review - a millennial's existential angst

Friday, 28 February 2020 Read more...

Simon Brodkin, The Stables, Milton Keynes review - comics casts off his Lee Nelson character

Thursday, 27 February 2020 Read more...

Alexei Sayle, Oxford Playhouse review - return of the political bruiser

Monday, 24 February 2020 Read more...

Upstart Crow, Gielgud Theatre review - terrific Shakespeare spoof

Tuesday, 18 February 2020 Read more...

Simon Evans, Blackheath Halls review - a big reveal worth waiting for

Monday, 17 February 2020 Read more...

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